While I was at work ...

... some quotes and stories that came across the desk...

Lance Armstrong, on chances he might reverse course and return and try to win an eighth straight Tour de France title: “What for? So the French can throw more garbage at me?”

Lance Armstrong, on his continuing legal battles and war of words set off by recent doping allegations: “I lived with a lot for seven years, including them saying, 'He got cancer because he doped.’ It’s why I said what I said on the Champs-Elysees after the race — 'Shame on you.’ The cycling union has opened up an independent investigation. Let’s hope everybody answers the questions they ask. I know I will.”

Malaga coach Antonio Tapia on Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres , who pulled his tongue out and covered his ears as he ran toward the corner flag after converting a penalty in his team’s 2-0 Spanish soccer league win in Malaga last Sunday. Some of the home team’s followers behind the goal hurled objects at the striker in response.
“This was a provocation for the spectator which deserves a sanction. You could see his tongue from the bench. He has a very long and snakelike tongue.”

How's this for ironic?
Milson Jones, 45, a former CFL star running back who was named the most outstanding Canadian player in the 1987 Grey Cup is now a homeless, penniless drug addict fighting to staying alive on the streets of Winnipeg. He was arrested last week on a warrant after missing out on several court dates.
And the sheriff’s officer who led a handcuffed Jones into the Law Courts cells to meet with his lawyer Friday? It was former teammate and CFL legend Willard Reaves.